The Clarion-Ledger reported that the Board of Supervisors has approved hiring a full-time sheriff's deputy and a part-time deputy to provide security and monitor a metal detector for entry into the court building in Canton.

Chief Deputy Jeremy Williams said the sheriff's goal is to have the new personnel hired by June 1.

The annual cost, including salary and benefits, of hiring the two deputies is over $78,000.

Williams said the part-time deputy will work 24 hours per week and serve as relief for the full-time deputy. The part-time employee also will be used to fill in at the Madison County Circuit Court building.